Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1950
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 814 |
| 2 | Michael | 800 |
| 3 | David | 767 |
| 4 | James | 674 |
| 5 | John | 665 |
| 6 | Richard | 508 |
| 7 | Steven | 506 |
| 8 | William | 485 |
| 9 | Gary | 433 |
| 10 | Ronald | 378 |
| 11 | Thomas | 366 |
| 12 | Larry | 340 |
| 13 | Donald | 315 |
| 14 | Daniel | 281 |
| 15 | Dennis | 260 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 258 |
| 17 | Charles | 253 |
| 17 | Stephen | 253 |
| 19 | Douglas | 252 |
| 20 | Mark | 202 |
| 21 | Gregory | 199 |
| 21 | Terry | 199 |
| 23 | Bruce | 183 |
| 24 | Jerry | 170 |
| 25 | Paul | 147 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 146 |
| 27 | Joseph | 129 |
| 27 | Patrick | 129 |
| 29 | Dale | 128 |
| 30 | Edward | 119 |
| 31 | George | 118 |
| 31 | Wayne | 118 |
| 33 | Roger | 117 |
| 34 | Jack | 108 |
| 35 | Craig | 104 |
| 36 | Gerald | 103 |
| 36 | Scott | 103 |
| 38 | Randy | 100 |
| 39 | Alan | 96 |
| 40 | Jeffrey | 95 |
| 41 | Lawrence | 94 |
| 42 | Randall | 93 |
| 43 | Raymond | 90 |
| 44 | Rodney | 80 |
| 45 | Frank | 78 |
| 46 | Stanley | 74 |
| 47 | Danny | 71 |
| 47 | Keith | 71 |
| 47 | Micheal | 71 |
| 50 | Harold | 67 |
| 51 | Gordon | 66 |
| 52 | Steve | 65 |
| 53 | Peter | 64 |
| 54 | Phillip | 62 |
| 55 | Brian | 58 |
| 56 | Carl | 57 |
| 56 | Jim | 57 |
| 58 | Mike | 54 |
| 58 | Norman | 54 |
| 60 | Arthur | 53 |
| 60 | Roy | 53 |
| 62 | Philip | 52 |
| 62 | Russell | 52 |
| 64 | Clifford | 50 |
| 65 | Allen | 49 |
| 66 | Walter | 48 |
| 67 | Lee | 47 |
| 67 | Martin | 47 |
| 69 | Dan | 46 |
| 69 | Marvin | 46 |
| 69 | Ralph | 46 |
| 69 | Rick | 46 |
| 73 | Curtis | 44 |
| 73 | Eugene | 44 |
| 73 | Fred | 44 |
| 73 | Jay | 44 |
| 77 | Christopher | 43 |
| 78 | Eric | 42 |
| 79 | Bill | 40 |
| 79 | Bradley | 40 |
| 79 | Darrell | 40 |
| 79 | Tom | 40 |
| 83 | Glenn | 39 |
| 83 | Jon | 39 |
| 85 | Gene | 38 |
| 86 | Leonard | 37 |
| 87 | Howard | 36 |
| 87 | Leslie | 36 |
| 89 | Barry | 35 |
| 89 | Harry | 35 |
| 91 | Glen | 34 |
| 92 | Vernon | 33 |
| 92 | Wesley | 33 |
| 94 | Don | 32 |
| 94 | Kevin | 32 |
| 96 | Earl | 31 |
| 96 | Henry | 31 |
| 96 | Lynn | 31 |
| 96 | Ray | 31 |
| 96 | Ronnie | 31 |